Former Reagan Official: White House Sanctioned Georgia-Russia Conflict

Staff / Truthdig Aug 16, 2008 Paul Craig Roberts, who was assistant secretary of the treasury during Ronald Reagan's presidency, sees the Georgia-Russia conflict differently than the Bush administration does: "Americans themselves have nothing to gain," Roberts said Friday; "What is operating is the dangerous ideology of the American neoconservatives whose goal is to assert American hegemony over the entire world." Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Bush I Backs McCain

Staff / Truthdig Feb 19, 2008 John McCain's recent jockeying to make himself look like a direct heir to Ronald Reagan's Republican legacy was helped along Monday by George H.W. Bush's vote of confidence that McCain is indeed the right person to lead the nation as the next president. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Ronnie’s Legacy

Marie Cocco / Truthdig Mar 8, 2007 Many of our nation's latest scandals, from the abject failure to rebuild New Orleans to the abuse of veterans at Walter Reed, are the logical result of a contempt for government so zealously implemented by Ronald Reagan and his political descendants. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )